Everything you need to know before you see us.

Get a referral from your vet.

In order to provide the best care for your pet we require a referral from your local veterinarian prior to setting an appointment time. This ensures the opportunity to work closely with your veterinarian during your pets treatments. After this has been done clients can set up an appointment to have their pet seen by a board certified dermatologist.

We choose to work closely with your local veterinarian in order to get accurate health history and help with follow-up appointments.

In most cases, we are confident that your pet has allergies prior to testing. The purpose of testing is to determine specific environmental allergens that your pet is reacting to in order to formulate a treatment (allergy immunotherapy).

The test does not include food allergy. Skin and blood testing for food allergies are considered highly inaccurate. We recommend completing a strict elimination diet in order to accurately determine dietary items that are causing allergic symptoms.

You can have your pet wear a T-shirt and/or bathe more frequently. Bathe with cool
(but not cold) water to help relieve itchiness. If these measures are ineffective, please ask your veterinarian to call us for further recommendations.

The results of the intradermal allergy testing will be available the same day as testing. Allergy immunotherapy (allergy vaccine) will be formulated based on your pets positive reactions. Typically allergy injections will be started within 1-2 weeks after testing.

Allergy immunotherapy is the only therapy that directly addresses your pets allergies to environmental allergens such as grasses, trees, weed pollens, molds, and house dust mites. It is also a very safe and effective long-term therapy.

Your pet will not need to stay with us overnight. However, you should be prepared to leave your pet for a few hours for testing.

In some cases, there is almost complete cessation of allergic symptoms once the allergy injections are started. In other cases, there is a significant reduction in the symptoms, but other symptomatic treatments are necessary. The goal of allergy immunotherapy is often to eliminate or limit the use of steroids (prednisone, etc) for management of your pets allergies.

There are many ways in which to manage chronic allergies in dogs and cats. We will guide you through the various treatment options in order to find the right combination of treatment that keeps your pet as comfortable as possible.

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